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Yeah, when they open it up there's a picture of Kitamura. I think the one from the school festival. But then they notice another picture below that, and before anyone can see it Ami takes the planner thing away and says she'll give it back to Taiga. I think the general consensus of the speculation as to what that second picture might be, is that it's one of Ryuji and Taiga. Ami took it away before anyone saw it because Minori was there. And since the whole thing with Taiga fighting with Sumire should have shown Minori where Taiga's feelings stand, she walks by and makes that comment about guilt.

The second series has an average rating of 14% (Fuji TV 6pm to 6:30pm)

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Sueo Maruo :

Maruo is one of Maruko’s classmates and serves as the male class president. He has very thick glasses because he is a very serious student and studies very hard every day; black lines appear on his face nearly all of the time, especially when he seems euphoric. He is paranoid that his classmates are seeking to replace him as male class president and will target classmates that stand out and do well to discourage them from running against him. His birthday is December 31st, thus giving rise to his name.

I searched the novel for the storage "pitcher bibiteru hi hi hi!!" scene, but didn't find it. It seems that in the novel Ami comes right after the restaurant "moeru-ze? chou moeru-ze!?" scene. Is the storage scene anime original?

Like them changing the way Kitamura confessed to Taiga and toning down a lot of the physical comedy. The other big one is the interaction between Ami and Ryuuji. A lot of it was either cut or drastically altered, such as the Christmas party.

Its not really a matter of "accepting foreigners" its more a matter of they get nervous around foreigners... they *know* how their own social network responds and foreigners are less predictable or, worse, don't know the etiquette. They're also often terrified of having to use their English if the foreigner doesn't speak any Japanese. Someone who has spent time outside of "the Body" is going to behave and act "like a round peg fitting into a square hole", sometimes they can put the mask back on, sometimes not.

And yeah... maybe 1% of Japan is "Christian" and even then that's somewhat wishful thinking on the part of outside Christians since many take a Shinto view and just absorb in with their Shinto and Buddhist practices.

I'll have to go back and take a closer look at the novels in original Japanese after this is over and see if I can pick up references to Taiga that imply her background.

There's no mention of the mother's nationality or even her name in volume 10 by the way.

However, according to the author, the original plan since Toradora became a series was to have Taiga return to the US with her mother (then come back). So, perhaps?